Comic-Con: Kick-Ass 2 and Riddick Panel Live Blog

Universal Pictures presents an all-star panel featuring talent from two of its highly-anticipated summer films. In attendance will be stars and filmmakers from the action-comedy Kick-Ass 2. Attending from Riddick will be the action-adventure’s star/producer Vin Diesel (Fast & Furious 6), along with actors Katee Sackhoff (“Battlestar Galactica”) and Dave Bautista (The Man with the Iron Fists) and the film’s writer/director David Twohy (The Fugitive).

You can read the archived version of our live blog below:

12:00ComingSoon.net: Hi everyone. It looks like the Veronica Mars panel is running a bit long, but stay tuned.

12:03ComingSoon.net: The panel will start once we hear from Silas, our writer in Hall H.

12:04Comment From zombie broany idea if Riddick or Kick Ass will be first?

12:04ComingSoon.net: They usually go by the order they are listed in the program, so it should be Kick-Ass 2 first.

12:06Comment From MarvelWatchOdds of Universal throwing in a surprise announcement not related to these films?

12:06ComingSoon.net: Jurassic Park 4? Hmmm

12:08ComingSoon.net: To answer the questions in the comments. It’s supposed to start at 12:15 Pacific Time, but they are running slightly behind.

12:08Comment From Movieguyis jim carrey going to be there? He kinda dropped the marketing of the movie,right?

12:09ComingSoon.net: We’re not sure, good question.

12:09EDouglasCS: Jurassic Park 4 isn’t until 2015 and Universal is not known for surprise announcements so I doubt it.

12:09Spencer Perry: I wouldn’t put money on Jim Carrey being there 🙂

12:09EDouglasCS: I doubt Jim Carrey will be there.

12:09EDouglasCS: Jurassic Park III wasn’t so bad, JS!!

12:10ComingSoon.net: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 2?

12:10EDouglasCS: No announcements… they’ll stick to their game plan with just the two upcoming movies.

12:10ComingSoon.net: We shall see.

12:11Comment From KaneIm confused , what is happening in this panel for Kick Ass 2?

12:11ComingSoon.net: They haven’t started yet.

12:12Comment From GuestWill be Riddick be a direct remake of the first Riddick movie?

12:12Spencer Perry: To my knowledge it’s a new film in the series

12:12EDouglasCS: Kane, they’ll probably show a clip and talk about the movie, same with Riddick.

12:13Comment From belggodzilla first trailer ??

12:13ComingSoon.net: The Warner Bros. panel is tomorrow.

12:14Comment From GieManAny idea on how the long the delay will be before they get started?

12:15EDouglasCS: It’s only scheduled to start at 12:15 Pacific, should start within 5-10

12:15Comment From BobWhat about “47 ronin”?

12:16EDouglasCS: You would think… there’ s a new trailer next week so maybe they’ll preview it.

12:16ComingSoon.net: That’s a good guess.

12:16Comment From emergingeffigyWho’s gonna be showing up for Kickass?

12:16ComingSoon.net: They didn’t announce it, we’ll find out very soon.

12:16EDouglasCS: I’d guess that Aaron Taylor-JOhnson, Chloe Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse will be there for Kick-Ass, maybe Clark Duke too

12:17EDouglasCS: And I wouldn’t be surprised if ATJ hangs around for the Marvel panel too. HOpefully they have his sister cast by then.

12:17ComingSoon.net: Maybe Jim Carrey in a Godzilla suit. Will that make the commenters happy who are asking about the Godzilla trailer? 🙂

12:18EDouglasCS: “I will promote Godzilla since I still approve of giant monster violence”

12:18EDouglasCS: One of our readers says that Chloe isn’t even in San Diego.. she’s probably making a movie, so there you go.

12:19Comment From JasonChloë not at Comic Con: https://twitter.com/ChloeGMoretz/status/358301487098626048

12:19EDouglasCS: “Hey guys! Wish I could be at #SDCC today!! But here’s a special release u wanted to give you guys!!! http://instagram.com/p/b9WRA8DnVX/

12:39EDouglasCS: Sounds like they’re sticking closer to the comics this time which makes sense since the first Kick-Ass wasn’t complete when they wrote the screenplay for the movie.

12:40Silas Lesnick: She’s talking about the changes to Hit-Girl this time around, giving up life of crime and trying to fit in in high school.

12:40Silas Lesnick: She comes to realize, though, that Mindy Macready and Hit-Girl are the same person.

12:41Silas Lesnick: There’s a big transition between the way her character plays now that Nicolas Cage’s Big Daddy is gone and she sort of replaces that connection by developing her connection to Kick-Ass.

12:41Silas Lesnick: He comes to her for training and they form a serious connection.

12:42Silas Lesnick: “Nic’s presence in the movie is still very, very strong,” Chloe says. “He’s sort of this looming figure as Big Daddy.”

12:43Silas Lesnick: Chloe says she loves playing characters that are completely opposite of her own personality, listing both Hit-Girl and Carrie as perfect examples.

12:44Silas Lesnick: Chloe’s out, unfortunately, to get back to filming in Boston.

12:44Silas Lesnick: Mark is joking that she’s actually just in hotel room here in San Diego.

12:57Silas Lesnick: If you’re in San Diego, though, there’ll be a Kick-Ass 2 fan zone on Saturday from 11 to 5.

12:57Silas Lesnick: Look for it at Island and Eighth Ave.

12:58ComingSoon.net: You get to kick each other’s ass?

12:58Silas Lesnick: We’ll have to see on Saturday 🙂

12:58Spencer Perry-SHH: Who wins in a brawl among the CS writers?

12:59Silas Lesnick: I’m going to go silent for just a moment, but will be back with Riddick in just a few. It looks like they’re taking a slight break.

1:00Spencer Perry-SHH: If you guys missed the extended red band trailer for Kick-Ass 2 you can watch it here http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/178261-comic-con-extemded-red-band-trailer-for-kick-ass-2

1:01Silas Lesnick: It’s starting!

1:01EDouglasCS: Patience… every panel you want to see covered at Comic-Con will be covered 🙂

1:01Silas Lesnick: Writer-director David Twohy is the first to take the stage!

1:02Silas Lesnick: He’s talking about coming to SDCC 13 years ago for Pitch Black with a then-unknown Vin Diesel.

1:04Silas Lesnick: And now it’s time for Riddick himself, Mr. Vin Diesel!

1:05Comment From OdinsonI visit CS everyday and have been for ages, love you guys and I’m so incredibly thankful for the SDCC coverage every year!! Bring on RIDDICK, love vin and the franchise this is gonna be epic!!!

1:05Silas Lesnick: He’s wearing a shirt that says FURYAN across the front.

1:07Silas Lesnick: Vin is comparing Riddick to Fast & Furious’ Dom.

1:07Silas Lesnick: “I think that, at the core of the Riddick character, he’s driven by a quest for identity,” Vin says.

1:09Silas Lesnick: “Science fiction fans are the best fans in the world,” Katee laughs, “They’ll watch things you should give them their money back for and love every minute of it. And then create drinking games for it.”

1:17Silas Lesnick: The footage opens with a small flying dragon creature. It lands by a rocky nest in the mountains. Lying there is a bloody hand.

1:18Silas Lesnick: The creature starts to nip at the hand, but the hand springs to life and grabs the beast’s neck. It’s Riddick.

1:18Silas Lesnick: We see a small shack where a number of people, Dahl included, are getting ready to execute Riddick.

1:19Silas Lesnick: “No matter what happens,” Riddick says to his lead captor, “No matter what they tell you, when the chains come off, you go in the first five seconds.”

1:19Silas Lesnick: The captor doesn’t care and raises a machete to slice off his head. He’s interrupted at the last second, though, by strange noises outside.

1:19Silas Lesnick: “Time’s up,” says Riddick.

1:19ComingSoon.net: The trailer is now live! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Dm9zRogpE&hd=1

1:20Silas Lesnick: Check out the trailer for yourself! 🙂

1:21Silas Lesnick: Fans are asking questions. One guy is talking about Pitch Black helped him conquer his fear of the dark.

1:21Silas Lesnick: “I can tell a level of badass rising in you as you speak,” Vin tells him, “I can tell with every syllable your badass-ness is rising.”

1:22Silas Lesnick: Katee is talking about Dahl’s backstory. We don’t get to see in the film so much, but she felt it was important to herself to flesh it out.

1:23Silas Lesnick: “There is a lightness that she brings to it. She’s funny and ironic, but there’s a darkness… She’s constantly punishing herself and putting herself into situations where she will get hurt.”

1:23Silas Lesnick: She identifies with the darkness in Riddick, Katee says of Dahl’s connection to the character.

1:24Silas Lesnick: “What’s the one thing we don’t know about Riddick from these films?”